Back to Basics: The Relative Importance of Transformational and Fair Leadership for Employee Work Engagement and Exhaustion

Kaisa Perko; Ulla Kinnunen; Asko Tolvanen; Taru Feldt

doi:10.16993/sjwop.8

Back to Basics: The Relative Importance of Transformational and Fair Leadership for Employee Work Engagement and Exhaustion

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volume 1 (2016): Issue 1

By: Kaisa Perko, Ulla Kinnunen, Asko Tolvanen and Taru Feldt

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.8 | Journal eISSN: 2002-2867

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Jan 13, 2016

Accepted on: May 26, 2016

Published on: Jul 8, 2016

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

transformational leadership,

organizational justice,

interpersonal justice,

work engagement,

exhaustion,

work characteristics

© 2016 Kaisa Perko, Ulla Kinnunen, Asko Tolvanen, Taru Feldt, published by Stockholm University Press
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